What's Squarke? I should probably know this.
Some I thought of just now:
Abeloose, Tali Feathers, Flemegg, Mother Gooselle (I think that was from the goosecam chat.)
I'm terrible at goose puns.
I think Squarke is a play on Hawke. 
We did end up with Bethany Honke, so at least one of the Hawke clan made into goosedom.
I should go to Edmonton Comic Con again this fall. I went in 2014 and spent most of my time hanging around at the BioWare booth like a dork, and I think every panel I attended had *someone* from BioWare on it.
I think I have to accept that I am an inveterate BioWare fan girl. I've been playing their games since Baldur's Gate.
Edited to add: At the time, I introduced myself to Patrick Weekes who happened to sit down beside me at one point. Didn't say much except that I enjoyed The Masked Empire. If I run into him again I'll need to thank him for Solas, obviously. 
Art post.
"Your move." Gorgeous Solavellan art with chess pieces by nipuni.
Source: http://nipuni.tumblr...19340/your-move
This is absolutely gorgeous, and I can't stop trying to decipher it.
White, happy Solas is the humble apostate we all love. Black, smooth Solas is the ruthless Dread Wolf.
Black, sad Lavellan with the pawn seems to symbolize how heartbroken Lavellan feels, and perhaps feels like she's been used like a pawn. White, smooth Lavellan next to the white queen seems to feel confident that she can find him again and they can be together, she can be his "queen."
But for the life of me, I don't understand the chess pieces on Solas' end. I guess Dread Wolf Solas having the black king symbolizes how he rules the chessboard now (he is the "king" of his spy network, "agents of Fen'Harel"), but the white pawn on the other side? I don't get it.
I guess, based on their armor, the Solas and Lavellan on the left are from the DAI main game (based on their armor and her vallaslin), whereas on the right this is the Solas and Lavellan from Trespasser; he's king of the black side and she's queen of the white side, locked in a game with each other over who decides the fate of Thedas. But then that still raises the question of why the two pawns being where they are?
Well, I know when a pawn crosses the other side of the board it becomes a queen, so maybe Solas smiling at his white pawn in DAI symbolizes him falling for Lavellan, then Lavellan being a queen in Trespasser symbolizes her becoming queen of his heart (and queen of the opposing side)? And Black Trespasser Solas being next to a black king while DAI Lavellan being next to a black pawn symbolizes Solas sacrificing his love for her (almost like a "pawn") to acheive his end?
Or maybe the DAI Solas and Lavellan both being pawns shows how, at that part of the story, they were footsoldiers or "pawns" in the hands of fate (maybe answering to the Inquisition), whereas by the end of Trespasser they've both become powerful leaders of organized factions: Solas leading the agents of Fen'Harel and Lavellan leading what's left of the Inquisition to stop him?
Great art makes you think, and I can't stop thinking about this.
Come on, Solas. Embrace the plaideweave!
I really like that line art there.
I had a hideous plaidweave mage robe in my first playthrough that I passed around from Revas to Dorian to Solas to see the results.
Finally put it on Viv.
IT LOOKED GOOD ON HER.
How. How did she do that?
I had a hideous plaidweave mage robe in my first playthrough that I passed around from Revas to Dorian to Solas to see the results.
Finally put it on Viv.
IT LOOKED GOOD ON HER.
How. How did she do that?
If you project confidence and self-assurance, pretty much anything looks good on you.
Snippo
I figured Solas had a pawn because during the main game he was subordinate to the Inquisitor and the Inquisition, white and smiling because that was a position he seemed happier in then the Dread Wolf-y Solas we see in Trespasser.
Solas never struck me as someone who liked leading. He can do it just fine, but he mostly finds it weary and dehumanizing - but without power, he's incapable of affecting change, which is probably grating to someone as passionate and ideological as him. So the position he's in in Inquisition, having considerable influence and having his advice taken seriously, but not directly in charge, was a pretty good place for him. Hence the picture.
*Shrug* Just my interpretation.
this makes my day
Heheheh... Her business name predates much news about DAI, though, so I'm pretty sure it isn't named after our favourite elven apostate hobo. I'm pretty sure it's after the Irish Gaelic 'solas,' which means light.
She makes geeky jewellery; this is her website.
I figured Solas had a pawn because during the main game he was subordinate to the Inquisitor and the Inquisition, white and smiling because that was a position he seemed happier in then the Dread Wolf-y Solas we see in Trespasser.
Solas never struck me as someone who liked leading. He can do it just fine, but he mostly finds it weary and dehumanizing - but without power, he's incapable of affecting change, which is probably grating to someone as passionate and ideological as him. So the position he's in in Inquisition, having considerable influence and having his advice taken seriously, but not directly in charge, was a pretty good place for him. Hence the picture.
*Shrug* Just my interpretation.
That's a really good observation. Puts my mind at ease.
(Sorry if it seems like I'm obsessing over a random picture for nothing, I just deeply appreciate art. One of my greatest regrets in life is letting my mom scare me out of becoming an art major, and lamenting what might have been.)
BTW, I was scrolling through the Dragon Age confessions here, and found a really useful post for PC players with slightly older computers:
If your computer isn’t the top of the line or its older, one way to have decent looking graphics without lag or stuttering is do this in settings;
Resolution to 80-90
Mesh quality to High-ultra, which ever works for you.
Texture quality to high-Fade touched.
EVERYTHING else on low.
You get good quality character models for screencaps, without stressing your computer too much.
This has made my DAI gaming experience so much better, it's not even funny. I always used to have background textures, shadows, water textures, etc, really high because I was afraid the game would look terrible without it, but had to keep my resolutions and textures low to keep from overheating my computer, so the game looked like **** and it ran super slowly. I experimented with so many different texture and resolution types, but they all pointed to keeping it look as blurry as the world looks without my glasses to keep the PC from lagging. Recently I thought, "F it, it's been 370+ hours. If I'm going to play DAI, I want it to look halfway decent," but putting the resolution and texture qualities up put such a huge strain on my computer that everything moved super slowly.
Then I found this, it fixed everything. This is the perfect compromise I've been looking for. The game looks almost as good as when I have all the resolutions and textures maxed, but the characters, cutscenes, and action scenes move even more quickly and smoothly than when I had everything looking blurry. Cutscenes move faster, 'action' cutscenes no longer lag (like when the first demon you fight crashes through the boulder and attacks you and Cassandra and she says 'stay behind me!' and you have to grab a weapon out of self-defense, which ALWAYS lagged in every playthrough before now), and even combat! My character is so light and springy! Before, she always moved like she wore an armor of large rocks. Now, she bounds and leaps like a doe! And combat has improved so much! The lags from previous games extended to recharge times for combat abilities; now they recharge so much faster after you use them.
This makes me so happy, and I wish I'd discovered this 300 hours ago. If any of you are PC users, this is fantastic.
I say this because I've been wanting to do another Solavellan run (a "perfectionist run," if you will), but I just dreaded going through the whole game I've already played ten times with either subpar graphics or lots of lagging. This makes it so much better! Except for romantic cutscenes (when I will crank up the graphics), I can enjoy a visually decent game that moves as sprightly as my DAO game.
Solavellan playthrough, here I come. 
Art post.
"Doom upon all the world." Angsty Solavellan. 
"Doom upon all the world." Colored versions: Green version and blue version.
Tear it down, drag me under. Solavellan 
Solavellan Modern AU by nanananananablr.
Lavellan sends Solas a little something on his phone. 
Devour you whole. Lavellan and dark!Solas(?)
"Sleep well?" Adorable chibi Solas and Lavellan at the rotunda! 
Cute concept!Solas.
Solas with hair. Cleaned up version of the sketch.
EDIT: Adding these...
Solas in his underwear. (NSFW-ish) 
Solas and Lavellan kissing.
Modifié par CapricornSun, 01 mai 2016 - 04:15 .
So, I just saw this tweet:
Okay, someone just necro'd a qunari LI thread from three years ago to talk about their Qunari lust and...
And I really, really want to make a Dorian joke but I'm trying not to post in general spoliers.
I always thought Solas was slumbering in really obvious ancient Elvehn armor and would've stripped down to nothing when he first woke up to hunt for inconspicuous 'modern-Thedas' clothing and I try to envision how that went
I always thought Solas was slumbering in really obvious ancient Elvehn armor and would've stripped down to nothing when he first woke up to hunt for inconspicuous 'modern-Thedas' clothing and I try to envision how that went
Well, knowing him, he probably stole them from somewhere 
I always thought Solas was slumbering in really obvious ancient Elvehn armor and would've stripped down to nothing when he first woke up to hunt for inconspicuous 'modern-Thedas' clothing and I try to envision how that went
I'm totally imagining him stealing it off a clothesline while a house mom calls her kids inside for pie. And the dog barks at him. And Solas imatiently tries to shoo it away. And the mom yells at the dog to stop barking at nothing. When they finally realize some clothes are missing, he's already slipping them on as he makes his getaway.
I always thought Solas was slumbering in really obvious ancient Elvehn armor and would've stripped down to nothing when he first woke up to hunt for inconspicuous 'modern-Thedas' clothing and I try to envision how that went
Well, knowing him, he probably stole them from somewhere
This is actually pretty much what happens in my au fanfic where Tamlen and Mahariel find Solas.
[shamless self promotion]
I'm totally imagining him stealing it off a clothesline while a house mom calls her kids inside for pie. And the dog barks at him. And Solas imatiently tries to shoo it away. And the mom yells at the dog to stop barking at nothing. When they finally realize some clothes are missing, he's already slipping them on as he makes his getaway.
Well, I have to admit I imagine alternative scenario - Solas rounding up his most 'worldly' agents and putting them on chairs before a short runway and a curtain. Cue "I'm too sexy for my clothes" and a funny montage of all the outfits he came up with (or um... collected) and agents either nodding or shaking their heads and commenting his outfit choices
"That's too much of a fashion statement my lord. Pehaps you should tone it down?"
"...bright fuchsia isn't your color, sir"
"Too... Orlesian, weirdly."
"Those tight pants really compliment your... um"
This is actually pretty much what happens in my au fanfic where Tamlen and Mahariel find Solas.
[shamless self promotion]
Can I have a link?
Well, I have to admit I imagine alternative scenario - Solas rounding up his most 'worldly' agents and putting them on chairs before a short runway and a curtain. Cue "I'm to sexy for my clothes" and a funny montage of all the outfits he came up with (or um... collected) and agents either nodding or shaking their heads and commenting his outfit choices
"That's too much of a fashion statement my lord. Pehaps you should tone it down?"
"...bright fuchsia isn't your color, sir""Too... Orlesian, weirdly."
"Those tight pants really compliment your... um"
Too Orlesian. XD The highest of insults. Or compliments? I mean, if he looked Orlesian, maybe he'd have gotten more access to frilly cake...
Too Orlesian. XD The highest of insults. Or compliments? I mean, if he looked Orlesian, maybe he'd have gotten more access to frilly cake...
Well, he does mention Orlesian fashion after mage alliance quest... xD
Art post.
Solas laughing! By nipuni.
Another beautiful Solavellan artwork based on Gustav Klimt's The Kiss.
Scene from Chapter 1 of Looking Glass. (Solavellan)
A creepy picture Lavellan being watched by the Dread Wolf's many eyes.
Ansunobe's giveaway prize of Solas kissing Tala's forehead.
Solas with leaves partially covering his face. (Oooh!)
Modern AU Solas cooking. 
"I will not have you see what I've become." Solas in a monstrous wolf form.
Elf kisses: Hawke x Fenris, Lavellan x Pride (Young Solas) from Looking Glass, and Aelynthi x Victory from the fic Janiculum.
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Some pics of those lovely Solas sculptures.
Solas sculpture with a flower crown.
Solas scultpture with the wolf jawbone necklace.
Dear Solasmancers,
This is a love confession to Solas. I am in fact not the only one who turned out to like him after having ignored the pre-release hype. I was looking forward to other companions and romances - which turned out fine and lovely - but wouldn't have guessed the quiet apostate would steal my heart.
My first Inquisitor was a dwarven templar lady fond of Blackwall warriors and ignoring everything magical. Clearly she and Solas didn't get along very well, and she was more than glad when he left. "Low approval", I thought first While I was a bit disappointed with the game compared to Origins or even DA2, I found the main storyline underwhelming. Cory was a loser, the lore unsufficiently gripping. Until the last "Dread Wolf" scene came... 
A Cullenmance and Cassmance playthrough followed - sweet but not dramatic enough like some of the romances in the previous games (Anders, Fenris, Morrigan). So I gave Solavellan + 3 DLCs a shot, and was swept away 
You all know the reasons, no need to describe it here. I love everything about their romance.
Now whenever I start a new game, I can't help but give into the sweet temptation of flirting with him! My last Lavellan had a hard time in romancing Cullen, and dragging Solas everywhere she went. The only thing keeping me from romancing Solas is the thought that Solas only belongs to Felana and that she does not share 
And somehow I headcannon the newlywed Mrs. Rutherford and Solas care deep for each other in their last Trespasser meeting. Too deep maybe. Definitely.
And I even don't like baldies in real life.
Sorry Bioware, you ruined my f!Inquisitor future playthroughs
LadyMacTir, I hear you. From the get-go I was interested in either Blackwall or Solas, but I have only played humans in DAO (I did try the Dalish Elf and the City Elf origin but couldn't get much past the origin story) and DA2, so my first (unfinished) playthrough of DAI was with a human dual-wielding rogue who romanced Blackwall. I never finished that game due to computer problems, and I found Blackwall's romance kind of bland, so when I started up a new game from scratch I decided to try an elf so I could romance Solas. I'm glad I did. ^-^
As the party members were being revealed, I think what drew me most to Blackwall and Solas was that they appeared to be a bit older. And I really liked Solas' being a nerd, according to his pre-release character profile (which, by the way, can be a fun read, knowing what we know about him now). I remember being disappointed that he would only be a romance option for elves, but now that the game is out and we've all played, I understand completely why he wouldn't be romantically interested in the other races.
I love having these older characters in games, since I am an older gamer myself. Blackwall and Solas both appear to be in their 40s or so; Leliana and Cullen are probably at least in their 30s, and we actually have a birthdate for Cassandra, which places her at about 37 or 38 years old in 9:41 Dragon. Most of the RPGs I've played aside from BioWare ones are Final Fantasy, whose characters usually seem to be in their 20s or so, with maybe a token teen and a token adult in their 30s or 40s as party members. I guess Geralt might be in his 30s or 40s, but I never could finish The Witcher, and as a result, I didn't even try 2 or 3!
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